Glare-stop



F. W. LAMOREAUX.

GLARE STOP.

APPLICATION man DEC.8, 1919.

1,338,022. Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

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GLARE-STOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,270.

Toall'wlwnt it may concern: i

Be it known that I, FRANK W. LAMo REAUX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glare-Stops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in glare-stops, and has for itsobject to provide novel, simple and effective means for preventing thehead-lights of automobiles from blinding the drivers of vehiclesapproaching the automobiles. And a further object is to' provide adevice of the class, which may be adjustably secured to the head, or tothe headgear, of the drivers or passengers of automobiles and all othervehicles, and which is always ready for instant use, without requiringthe wearers to shift their positions in the vehicles, in order toaccomplish the desired result.

I attain these objects by the means set forth in the detaileddescription which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a top-plan view of the complete device.Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section, taken on line 22 ofFig. 1; showing by full and dotted lines the operated and releasedpositions of the shield. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation; showing theshield in the position for protectin the eyes of the wearer from theglare 0 an approaching head-light.

In the drawing, 2 represents the body of the device, consisting of afore-piece or vizor 2', which projects forwardly and protects the e esof the wearer, the same as the corr'espon ing part of a common cap. Therear edge of the vizor is bent upwardly and formed into-a semi-circularflange 2' which conforms to the forehead of the wearer, the said flangepreferably being lined on its hollow surface with a strip of anysuitable cushion material 2, which may be cemented or otherwise securedto the flange. The rear ends of the body 2 are provided with similardepending perforated lugs 2 to which is pivotally secured ahorseshoe-shaped shield 3 by means of rivets, the bight of the shieldcorresponding to and loosely receiving the vizor 2'. The left-hand side3 of the shield is broader and deeper than the right-hand portion 3,

and the former preferably extends a short distance to the right of thelongitudinal center of the device, as best seen at 3" in. Fig. 3. Theobject of the extension 3 is to completely cover and obscure the visionof 64 the left eye of the wearer while another vehicle having dazzlinghead-lights is approaching, and the edge 3 of the shield is intended tobe positioned substantially in line with the axis of the right eye. Bythis 65 disposition and arrangement of the parts, the wearer, whenpeering straight ahead, has a clear and unobstructed view of theright-hand side of the roadway, and as his eyes are positioned severalinches back of the central portion of the shield 3, the glare from anapproaching head-light cannot affect either of his eyes. This enableshim to safely steer his own vehicle while the other vehicles areapproaching and passing. As the opposite cars come closer and closer,the wearer of my device needs only to turn his head slightly toward theleft, in order to constantly and accurately note and determine the othervehicles position and thus avoid accidents.

5 represents an upwardly projecting and rearwardly bent lug carried bythe front end of the shield, to which is pivoted the upper end of avertically arranged trigger or 35 latch-bar 6,by a pin or rivet 6'. Thetrigger 6 then extends downwardly through a slot 2 in the vizor, itslower end 6 being enlarged for a handle. Above the handle 6 is formed atooth 6 which engages a bridge 2 that separates the slot 2 from asmaller alining slot 2 The trigger 6 is employed for lifting, as Well asfor holding the shield in the elevated or released position, shown bydotted lines in Fig. 2. By the provision and arrangement of the tri ger6v the wearer may readily and quick y drop or raise the shield at will.To raise the shield the wearer grasps the handle 6 and pushes thetrigger upwardly and hooks the tooth 6 to the bridge 2 To lower theshield, he simply unhooks the trigger and lets the shield and triggergravitate to the full line position. shown in the drawing.

The device may be adjustably applied to 10: the head of the wearer, orit may be permanently attached to an extra hat or cap, in a well knownmanner, and included in the accoutrements of the car. In order to applythe device directly 'to ones head, I rovide a flexible strap or band 7one en of which is fastened to one end of the flange 2" as at 7 Thestrap 7 then passes through a buckle 8, thence part-wayaround the backof the head, thence through aring 9, after which it is folded uponitself and its opposite end is permanentlyLattiiched to the buckle 8.The ring 9 is connected to another ring 10 by a short strap 11,preferably comprising elastic material to provide the requisite tensionfor holding the parts in place. 12' of a clip or part 12,-which is.pivotally secured to the opposite end of the flange 2". The parts 7 and12 may also be connected to the shield 3, by flexible braces 13, to aidin balancing the shield and body. In order to prevent the shield fromdropping too low, I. provide a stop consisting of atongue 14, which maybe struck out of the lug'5 and bent rearwardly for engaging the top sideof the vizor, as shown in the several views.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim is 1. In a glarestop, a body having a forepiece overhanging the eyes of the wearer andhaving a semi-circular flange conforming to and engaging the forehead ofthe wearer, said body having perforated lugs depending for the rear endsof said flange, a horseshoe-shaped shield loosely -receiving saidfore-piece, the walls of said shield disposed in vertical planes, thelower edge of one side of said shield extending below the correspondingedge of the opposite side for covering and shielding one eye of thewearer, the said depending portion terminating at a point in line withthe axis of the other eye of the wearer and the ends of the shieldpivoted to the lugs of the bod means whereby the shield maybe raisedorlowered, and means The ring 11 engages a hook the other side andoverlapping the longitu- \dinal center of the vizor, and an adjustablestrap for securing the device to a persons head. I

3. A glare-stop, comprising a vizor, one end of saidvizor provided witha semi-circular flange and having depending perforated lugs adjacent theends of said flange,

" a gravitative shield. conforming to and loosely receiving the tip andlateral edges of the vizor, the rear ends of said shield pivotallyconnected to said lugs, the walls of said shield disposed vertically,and the lower edge of one side of said shield 7 extending below thecorresponding portion of .*theother side and overlapping thelongitudinal center of the vizor, a trigger for raising saidshield, saidtrigger pivoted to theshield and reciprocable ina slot in the vizor, andhaving a tooth which engages the vizor for holding the shield in thereleased position, and means for adjustably attaching ,the vizor to apersons head.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

.FRANK'W. LAMOR-EA UK.

